This international online resource, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), has full-text material on the use of information technology, multimedia, and emerging technologies in learning and education. ...Show More

This international online resource, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), has full-text material on the use of information technology, multimedia, and emerging technologies in learning and education. ...Show More

This international online resource, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), has full-text material on the use of information technology, multimedia, and emerging technologies in learning and education. ...Show More

LearnTechLib, previously known as EdITLib, is a US-based non-profit product sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). This resource contains more than 100,000 full-text documents on the use of information technology, multimedia, and emerging technologies in learning and education. It includes published international journal articles, conference papers, e-books, and multimedia content.

Users can search or browse, and can set up TOC (Table of Contents) Alerts (registration is required).

Lexis Advance Pacific provides online access to a wide variety of primary- and secondary-source legal materials with an Australian and New Zealand focus. Content includes case law, legislation, analytical materials, and forms and precedents, while sources include journals, law reports, unreported judgements, bulletins and newsletters, dictionaries and encyclopaedias, LawNow Legislation, and CaseBase Cases (see below).

When you first access Lexis Advance Pacific, you are presented with a screen with a couple of choices to make. You need to accept the conditions, and you need to choose the “area of the product that you want to set as your Home page”. The default is Pacific Research, and this is the product to which CSU Library subscribes.

You won’t see that screen again. For subsequent logins, just use your CSU user id and password and you will be taken straight to the Lexis AdvancePacific Home page.

You can search across Everything or narrow your search by Jurisdiction, Content Type, Legal Topics, or Recent & Favourites. If you go to Advanced Search, you can search in Cases, Legislation, Analytical Materials, or Forms & Precedents.
The Home screen also has a list of publications – CSU subscribes to all of these – and for each publication you can: view contents; add as a search filter; go to Advanced Search; view publication information; or save to Favourites.

You can view your search and document history, and set up favourites, folders, and alerts.

Lexis Advance Pacific includes CaseBase Cases, a citator and annotator that covers more than 100 report series, journals, and unreported decisions from major Australian and New Zealand courts and selected tribunals.

Libraries Australia (formerly known as Kinetica) is a service which allows you to search for and locate material in Australian and overseas libraries. Most of the major Australian libraries are represented, while overseas libraries and consortia include the [US] Library of Congress, the British Library, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI), Consortium of [British] University Research Libraries, and the Te Puna New Zealand National Bibliographic Database.

Libraries Australia cannot be used to request books, journals or copies of articles directly from 'other libraries'. Items not held by the CSU Library may be available via interlibrary loan.

But it can be used to answer questions such as:

What libraries in Melbourne hold the 'American Journal of Occupational Therapy'?

Library and Information Science Abstracts(LISA) is a ProQuest database with records and abstracts of articles from more than 440 journals, and some full-text. It is primarily an index and many records do not include the full-text of the articles. In these cases, you can use the Find a copy links to search for the full article in other resources. Or see below for information about the Library Science Database.

This database covers all aspects of library and information science:

Information management

Information technology

Internet technology

Knowledge management

Librarianship

Libraries and archives

Library management

Library technology

Library use and users

Online information retrieval.

LISA is updated every two weeks, with more than 500 records added per update.

LISA is supported by another ProQuest database - Library Science Database - which is specifically designed to provide full-text content of some of the journals indexed in LISA. In ProQuest, you can search LISA and Library Science Database together. In the ProQuest search screen, click on Change Databases in the very top breadcrumb trail, tick the boxes for both databases (you might have to look for them in the hierarchical menu of databases), and click on Use selected databases. In fact, all ProQuest databases can be searched in any combination, in this way. Other related databases in ProQuest are ERIC, ProQuest Education Journals, and ProQuest Computing.

This database is a key international database for library and information science. It covers more than 700 journals, plus books, research reports and conference proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloguing, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, and information management.

Importantly, the database contains full text for more than 330 journals - including the Australian Library Journal, Australian Academic & Research Libraries, and Incite - and includes nearly a dozen full-text monographs.

The Library Science Database provides full-text access to more than 150 publications in library and information science. It is specifically designed to provide full-text for the core titles included in ProQuest's Library & Information Science Abstracts (LISA) database.

In ProQuest, you can search LISA and Library Science Database together. In the ProQuest search screen, click on Change Databases in the very top breadcrumb trail, tick the boxes for both databases (you might have to look for them in the hierarchical menu of databases), and click on Use selected databases. In fact, all ProQuest databases can be searched in any combination, in this way.

The Linguistics Database is a ProQuest database with more than 150 linguistics journals, most available in full-text, and other content. It includes many of the titles indexed in Linguistics and Behavior Abstracts (LLBA).

Specific topics covered include:

anthropological linguistics

applied linguistics

descriptive linguistics

discourse analysis

language

learning disabilities

nonverbal communication

phonetics

phonology

psycholinguistics.

Once in the ProQuest interface, you can change the database(s) you are searching by clicking on the Change Databases link in the breadcrumb trail at the top left of the ProQuest screen. All ProQuest databases can be searched individually or in any combination. If you wish to search more broadly, ProQuest Social Sciences Databases is a subject-area package of ProQuest databases covering the social sciences.

This Informit database was created in partnership with the Australia Council for the Arts. It's an Australian database of entirely full-text content from various sources, covering Australian literature, literary studies, literary movements, creative writing, fiction, poetry, criticism, cultural politics, cultural studies, history, society, media, and visual and performing arts.

It features full-text access to a number of Australian literary magazines. Key journals include Meanjin, Quadrant, Island, Wet Ink, Griffith Review, and Southerly.

Literature & Culture Collection is one of many databases available in the Informit platform. Once in Informit, you can change to another database by clicking on CHANGE DATABASES on the main search screen. All Informit databases can be searched individually or in combination.

LIt.Search is a free search tool that lets you quickly and easily retrieve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health literature from PubMed.

It is funded by the Lowitja Institute, and is actually a search filter for the otherwise huge PubMed database. It is one of a number of search filters developed by Flinders Filters at Flinders University.

There are 3 ways in which LIt.Search can be used:

Select all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (you can refine this option by entering keywords, filter options, and publication dates); OR

Select one of the 27 topics (you can refine this option by entering keywords, filter options, and publication dates); OR

Go straight to the Keywords search box and create your own topic search within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

Features of LIt.Search include:

It is an "evidence based" search

It was developed with experts in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health including health providers, researchers and academics

The Livestock Library is a free online library that provides access to information to support Australia’s livestock industries.

Launched in 2005, it was developed and funded by the CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies and the Australian Sheep Industry CRC, and funded by Australian Wool Innovation. It is also supported and hosted by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.

The Livestock Library includes 22,000 documents - conference papers and journal articles - in the Livestock Library Research Database, and access to an estimated 60,000 documents on selected industry websites. Users can choose to search just the Research Database or across the entire Library, or can limit a search to a selected industry website, or a combination of websites.

Every item retrieved from the Livestock Library should be available in full text, and most should be available free (some information providers may charge for access).

Material in the Livestock Library Research Database spans the period from 1950 to the present, with new issues of journals and conference proceedings being continually added. Key resources available in the Research Database include:

An online training library that is free to CSU students and staff. It has more than 5,000 video courses. To access, click on the link above, and, if prompted, enter your CSU username and password. ...Show More

An online training library that is free to CSU students and staff. It has more than 5,000 video courses. To access, click on the link above, and, if prompted, enter your CSU username and password. ...Show More

An online training library that is free to CSU students and staff. It has more than 5,000 video courses. To access, click on the link above, and, if prompted, enter your CSU username and password. ...Show More

An online training library that is free to CSU students and staff. It has more than 5,000 video courses. To access, click on the link above, and, if prompted, enter your CSU username and password. ...Show More

An online training library that is free to CSU students and staff. It has more than 5,000 video courses. To access, click on the link above, and, if prompted, enter your CSU username and password. ...Show More

An online training library that is free to CSU students and staff. It has more than 5,000 video courses. To access, click on the link above, and, if prompted, enter your CSU username and password. ...Show More

Lynda.com is an online training library, available free to CSU students and staff, with video courses on a wide range of technologies and disciplines. You can “search for the software or skills that you want to learn”, or browse by topics, which include: 3D & animation; audio & music; business; CAD; design; developer; education & eLearning; IT; marketing; photography; video; and web.

Features of Lynda.com:

New courses are added each week.

Tutorials are taught by industry experts.

Closed captions and searchable time-coded transcripts are available.

Courses range in level from beginner to advanced.

You have the option to watch a complete course or “bite-size” videos.

If you are a first time user or have not accessed Lynda.com for an extended period, you will be asked to sign up. You'll need to agree to pass on your CSU login details to Lynda.com, then follow the prompts to create a Lynda.com profile. After this you'll be able to log-in again and access as many courses as you like with your CSU username and password.

N.B. Terms and Conditions of Use

These resources are for CSU staff and students only.Do NOT give your username and password to any other person.

These electronic resources are for non-commercial use in your personal research or study only. Users do not have permission to systematically download or copy large amounts of these resources, thereby creating their own databases; or to distribute these resources to third parties. For further information on the terms and conditions by which users can access these electronic resources, refer to the terms and conditions information on the electronic resource itself or contact the Library.